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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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